1. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Staff Budget Briefing Summerhill Centre, Aberdeen 13 November 2008

2. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Purpose To provide an overview of the councils current financial position and the key issues associated with the 2009/10 budget To provide an overview of proposals for Learning

3. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Proposed Timetable 25/11/08Resources Management Committee - package to December Council 17/12/08Council to agree package for early implementation 05/02/09Resources Management Committee - final budget and council tax recommendations 12/02/09Full Council to agree all remaining budget items and council tax

4. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Projected to achieve at least £35m of savings Overall projected shortfall of £9.5million –To be financed through capital fund Areas of likely overspend –Health & Social Care –Education, Culture & Sport –Property Maintenance Current Financial Position

5. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Forecast Spend09/10 Need for greater realism and accuracy More time to plan and implement savings Better understanding of impact of savings

6. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Council Finances 2009/10 Initial Forecast Expenditure£459.3m Anticipated Resources£434.3m Forecast Shortfall£25m

7. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Action Required To Balance Budget 6% savings across all services - £30m Choices across services Choice on council tax but …. Early implementation Realistic Efficiency savings first Impact is inevitable on public/services/ performance and staff £60m total savings over two years

8. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Savings Assessed Across Services Not Areas 6% = £30 million £1.3m - Housing £11.3m - Learning, Culture & Sport £4.5m - Environment & Infrastructure £8.6m - Social work £4.3m - Central Services

9. Aberdeen City Council 2008 (i)Technical Exercise –6% - what/how to put options/choices on the table (ii)Political decisions Two streams of decision making

10. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Culture & Learning Implications 6% £,000s (i)Learning9.749m (ii)Sports0.467m (iii)Culture, Heritage & Communities1.115m 6% saving level on gross budget 11.332m

11. Aberdeen City Council 2008 Learning £,000s 6%=9749 Options=5885 Other Options = up to4466 (not recommended)

12. Aberdeen City Council 2008

16. Cost of education per pupil (2008/09 Cipfa estimate) Pre-PrimaryPrimarySecondary Aberdeen27 th 30 th 30 th

17. Aberdeen City Council 2008 £,000sFTE L1School Roll Reductions26710 L2School Transport16010 L3Pre-School Nursery - restrictive73net nil L4Facilities700?

18. Aberdeen City Council 2008 £,000sFTE L5Efficiency – new/combined schools1805 L6Central Support Staff (10%)2006+ L7School Estatenil L8Out of Authority Placements1100

19. Aberdeen City Council 2008 £,000sFTE L9Special Schools (2% efficiency)861+ L10ASN (2% efficiency)4022 L11Education Support Provision (6%)313?

20. Aberdeen City Council 2008 £,000sFTE L12Review of Breakfast Provision600 L13Review of Additional PE Teachers304 L14Reconfigure School Weeknil L15Pupil Support Assistants1500125 L16Teaching Staffnil

21. Aberdeen City Council 2008 £,000s L17School Estate Strategy450 L18Reductions from Non-Statutory2916 Education Services L19Reduction in Teaching Staff across1100 Primary and Secondary Schools Additional Savings Options 09-10 (not recommended)